Ten years to prevent catastrophe?

Doulton, Hugh; Brown, Katrina

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.10.004

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“…While research on social representations has to date offered little insight into recurring structural patterns of representations (see Buijs et al 2008 for an exception related to representations of biodiversity), the structure we found in our data is not entirely dissimilar to the one sometimes used in environmental discourse analysis which also includes 'agents and their motives', normative judgements and assumptions about relationships in the natural system (Dryzek 2005, Doulton andBrown 2009). We propose that the building blocks that we identified could also be useful for the deconstruction of other governance representations, including those unrelated to sustainability or environmental change.…”

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confidence: 47%

Social representations of governance for change towards sustainability: perspectives of sustainability advocates

Fischer

Spekkink

Polzin

et al. 2018

Environmental Politics

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Social representations of governance for change towards sustainability: perspectives of sustainability advocates

Fischer

Spekkink

Polzin

et al. 2018

Environmental Politics

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“…In such circumstances, news media became not just a vehicle for informing the public but an important arena for debate and an avenue for contextualising and understanding flood events (Bohensky and Leitch 2014;Hansen 2010). As pointed out by McNair (2009), the media is not value-free but what is written within it influences public perception and the policy process (Doulton and Brown 2009). Similarly, scholars have shown that policy actors can use the media to (in)directly shape policy processes and outcomes (Crow and Lawlor 2016;Robinson 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

A media framing analysis of urban flooding in Nigeria: current narratives and implications for policy

Adekola

Lamond

2017

Reg Environ Change

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A critical element of current flood management is the importance of engaging key policy actors when policy decisions are to be made. However, there is still only limited understanding of how narratives of flood management actors may influence flood management policies, even though there is a suggestion that actors can strategically use their narratives to influence policy directions. In a developing country like Nigeria, there are still questions around lessons that can be learnt from understanding the narratives of policy actors, to unravel the complex nature of strategies and policy directions in managing urban floods. To help fill these gaps, this paper uses quantitative content analysis to explore the frame of five policy actor groups (government, local communities, business, multilateral organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)) as expressed in local and national newspapers between 2012 and 2016 to understand their narratives of causes and strategies to solve the problem of urban flooding in Nigeria. The narratives of government, local communities and businesses align with the premise that flooding can and should be prevented whilst that of multilateral and business actors champion adaptation strategies on the basis that flooding is inevitable and hence more energy should be directed at 'living with water'-emergency response, damage reduction and the aftermath. The study also identified areas of potential consensus and conflict between direct actors such as government and local communities on the one hand and funders on the other. Better discussion among actors aiding understanding of contemporary thinking and local realities will aid policy-making and policy implementation in the Nigerian context. An important step will be in the collaborative design of an urgently needed 'Nigerian policy on flooding' which currently does not exist.

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“…Despite such variation, one recurrent observation is that climate change is often framed in terms of debate, controversy or uncertainty (see Antilla, 2005;Dispensa & Brulle, 2003;Doulton & Brown, 2009, Ereaut & Segnit, 2006Nisbet & Mooney, 2007). Analysis shows that the US has more scepticism in its coverage than other developed countries such as New Zealand or Finland (Dispensa & Brulle, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Analysis shows that the US has more scepticism in its coverage than other developed countries such as New Zealand or Finland (Dispensa & Brulle, 2003). Similarly, climate change discourse in the UK press is also found to be 'confusing', 'contradictory', 'chaotic' (Ereaut & Segnit, 2006: p.7), and uncertain (Doulton & Brown, 2009). Studies in the United Kingdom (Ereaut & Segnit, 2006;Hulme, 2007) and Germany (Peters & Heinrichs, 2008) further suggest that alarmism dominates climate change discourses, with the issue often depicted as "awesome, terrible, immense" and beyond the control of human beings (Ereaut & Segnit, 2006, p.7).…”

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confidence: 99%